on my 98, when you remove the compartment under the steering wheel the compartment has a diagram of all the fuses.
Try checking the fuses.
Read your user manual
Fuse 19
The fuse box on a 1988 VW Polo is located under the dash, near the hood release. It contains most of the important fuses for the vehicle's electrical systems.
Use bittorrent to find the manual.Simple I have a manual but it does not show you what fuses are what. I need to get a copy of the card that was inside the fuse box lid. What a nightmare - help someone, please.
Not unless it has electric steering. If it is manual with a pump there is no fuse.
could be instrument panel 15amp
its the fuse
You need take out the whole dash board and your steering wheel
VW Polo Classic 1999. Starts OK but cuts out almost immediately. No history or warning of problem - just arose out of the blue one evening. Turned that the fuse controlling the brake-lights had blown. Replaced fuse; car starts no problem.
Behind the glove box on the drivers side.